388 " NAVIX ox THE HORSE. 



male, and terminates at its point in an open mouth. It is of 

 considerable length. ,ln the female it is shorter, and passes 

 back along the under side of the wide channel leading to the 

 womb, or uterus. 



OEGANS OF EEPEODUCTION. 



These are very complicated parts, both in the male and fe 

 male. But, however interesting might be the study of them, 

 the object of this work will only allow a hasty reference to 

 them. 



The male organs of generation are the penis, with the urethra 

 running along its under side, the testicles, with their apjiend- 

 ages, situated in the scrotum, or sack, between the thighs, and 

 the tubes leading from the testicle to the urethra. The semen 

 is formed in the testicle and thrown into the urethra through 

 these tubes. 



The female organs of generation are a very curious set of or- 

 gans. They consist of the prominence starting just below the 

 fundament and extending four or five inches doAvnward, called 

 the bearing, and which is marked by a fissure, or opening. 

 This opening leads into the wide tube which leads to the womb, 

 or uterus, and is called the vagina. Lying just within the 

 opening of the vagina is a spongy body called the clitoris, which 

 resembles the head of the male penis, and like it becomes larger 

 and hard when the animal passion is excited. It is the seat of 

 the pleasurable sensation in the act of union of the male and 

 female. 



The vagina, as just stated, is a large tube leading to the 

 womb. It lies between the bladder and rectum. It is about 

 eighteen inches in length. 



The womb is a somewhat long, muscular body, situated at the 



